Countries
Turkey, Uzbekistan
  
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
  
National Language
Afganistan, China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan
  
Somalia
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Middle East
  
Africa, Middle East
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Yemen
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
  
Interesting Facts
- Uzbek is officially written in the Latin script, but many people still use Cyrillic script.
- In Uzbek language, there are many loanwords from Russian, Arabic and Persian.
  
- Somali language is one of the best documented Afro-Asiatic languages.
- One of the most widely spoken of the Cushitic languages is the Somali Language.
  
Similar To
Kazakh and Uyghur Languages
  
Afar and Oromo Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Arabic Language
  
Alphabets in
Uzbek-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Somali-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
  
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Salom
  
Hello
  
Thank You
Rakhmat
  
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
  
How Are You?
Qalay siz?
  
Sidee tahay ?
  
Good Night
Hayirli tun
  
Habeenka Good
  
Good Evening
Hayirli kech
  
Evening Good
  
Good Afternoon
Hayirli kun
  
galab wanaagsan
  
Good Morning
Hayirli tong
  
Subax wanaagsan
  
Please
Iltimos
  
Fadlan
  
Sorry
Kechiring!
  
sorry
  
Bye
Xayr
  
caraysiiyo
  
I Love You
Sizni sevaman
  
Waan ku jeclahay
  
Excuse Me
Iltimos! Menga qarang
  
iga raali ahow
  
Dialect 1
Tashkent
  
Northern Somali
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Gabon, Standard Somali
  
Dialect 2
Afghan
  
Benaadir
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
  
Dialect 3
Ferghana
  
Af-Ashraaf
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Standard Somali
  
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million
  
40
13.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
26.00 million
  
31
8.00 million
  
99+
Native Name
أۇزبېك ﺗﻴﻠی o'zbek tili ўзбек тили (o‘zbek tili)
  
af Soomaali
  
Alternative Names
Annamese, Ching, Gin, Jing, Kinh, Viet
  
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
  
French Name
ouszbek
  
somali
  
German Name
Usbekisch
  
Somali
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Uzbek
  
Somalis
  
Origin
9th–12th centuries AD
  
19th century
  
Language Family
Turkic Family
  
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Subgroup
Turkic
  
Cushitic
  
Branch
Southestern(Chagatai)
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Chagatay
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Uzbek
  
Somali
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Somali Sign Language
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
uz
  
so
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
uzb
  
som
  
ISO 639 2/B
uzb
  
som
  
ISO 639 3
uzb
  
som
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
uzbe1247
  
soma1255
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Uzbek and Somali Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Uzbek and Somali greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Uzbek and Somali language. Uzbek word for "Hello" is Salom or Somali word for "Thank You" is Waad ku mahadsan tahay. Find more of such common Uzbek Greetings and Somali Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Uzbek vs Somali Difficulty
The Uzbek vs Somali difficulty level basically depends on the number of Uzbek Alphabets and Somali Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Uzbek and Somali are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Uzbek and Somali, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Uzbek is 44 weeks while to learn Somali time required is 52 weeks.